And of course we only know this happened because the cops were too stupid to have figured out how the body cams work. Well, now they know, and since I’m sure this won’t put a dent in their career, they can apply this new knowledge to fitting up all suspects going forward.
In a perfect world, they’d go to jail and everyone they arrested would have - at least - new trials, if not simply released. All the evidence they’ve ever collected is tainted, but sadly I suspect most of the people they arrested don’t have the means to take advantage of that revelation.

And even if the DA looked back at the arrests these cops made, the DA isn’t going want to reduce their prosecution rate. They likely secured plea bargains from innocent people who didn’t have the time or money or will power to endure or bail out of a long incarceration while waiting for a trial that they’re told could end with decades in prison.

I find it even moire appalling that the defense had to point this out. The prosecution should have reviewed the videos before ever filing charges.

I am to the point where I am easily convinced those body cameras should not, ever, have an off switch controllable by the officer. The trust with society has been broken too often by people who apparently take a sworn oath to protect and defend as a joke.

There are simply far too many convenient lapses, “oopsies” or just failures in these very simple devices when things get ugly.

Time for more Mayors to get off their political asses and require fundamental changes in these procedures and training and even the basic moral compass required before hiring potential police.

body cameras should not, ever, have an off switch controllable by the officer.

I agree. I think a switch that the officer -thinks- turns off the camera would also be a good idea. But really it could be useful when taking a personal phone call - the next 60 seconds or whatever of video require some extra level of clearance to access - only gets reviewed if something goes downhill fast in that time frame. Offer a little privacy, but not the kind that bullies need to get away with things in the shadows.

I thought it was here, but I saw a comment about cop body cameras and someone who worked on them said that the departments insisted on off switches because otherwise they found that an extraordinary amount of them got “accidentally” broken if there was no off switch.